US Release date : Jul 16, 1969
My Dark Hour / Song For Our Ancestors
By The Steve Miller Band • 7" Single • Part of the collection “Paul McCartney as producer, composer, or session musician in the 60s”
Last updated on April 23, 2025
US Release date : Jul 16, 1969
By The Steve Miller Band • 7" Single • Part of the collection “Paul McCartney as producer, composer, or session musician in the 60s”
Last updated on April 23, 2025
Previous single Jun 27, 1969 • "Charity Bubbles / Goose" by The Scaffold released in the UK
Session Jul 15, 1969 • Recording and mixing "You Never Give Me Your Money"
Session Jul 16, 1969 • Recording "Here Comes The Sun", "Something"
Single Jul 16, 1969 • "My Dark Hour / Song For Our Ancestors" by The Steve Miller Band released in the US
Session Jul 17, 1969 • Recording "Oh! Darling", "Octopus's Garden"
Session Jul 18, 1969 • Recording and mixing "Oh! Darling", "Octopus's Garden"
Next single Jul 18, 1969 • "Penina / Wings Of Revenge" by Carlos Mendes released globally
This album was recorded during the following studio sessions:
May 09, 1969
Written by Steve Miller
3:07 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass guitar, Drums, Guitar Steve Miller : Guitar, Lead vocals, Producer Glyn Johns : Producer, Recording engineer
SessionRecording : May 09, 1969 • Studio : Olympic Sound Studios, London
Song For Our Ancestors
5:00 • Studio version
“My Dark Hour” is a song by Steve Miller Band, recorded and released in 1969 with the contribution of Paul McCartney. It was recorded in a late-night session on May 9, 1969, after an acrimonious argument between Paul, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr over signing a contract appointing Allen Klein as The Beatles’ financial manager. John, George, and Ringo walked out, while Paul remained at Olympic Studios and encountered Steve Miller.
Paul didn’t receive a composer credit, but his performance was attributed to Paul Ramon, the pseudonym he had used in 1960 while on a tour of Scotland with The Silver Beetles.
Paul McCartney is featured on vocal and drums, with bass and piano added, on a Capitol single called “My Dark Hour” released today (Friday). He joins Steve Miller in the specially formed “Steve Miller Band”. The disc was recorded at a Beatles session at London’s Olympic studios on Whit Monday, when McCartney and Miller were waiting for the other Beatles to arrive.
From New Musical Express – July 26, 1969
STEVE MILLER BAND “My Dark Hour” (Capitol).
This maxi-single is a good indication to what Miller’s all about. The A side is the result of a two-man session recorded a couple of years back with just McCartney and Miller. Paul’s on drums, bass and back-up vocals and Steve’s on guitars and vocals. They rock and rave with energetic innocence. The B side includes “The Gangster Is Back” and “Song For Our Ancestors”. Buy it.
From New Musical Express – February 26, 1972
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